Monday, March 12, 2012

That Wall Street mentality . . .

Auschwitz survivor Leon Greenman displays his number tattoo.
(photo: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

WHEN THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYTHING: IBM at Auschwitz, New Documents.
Among the newly-released documents and archival materials are secret 1941 correspondence setting up the Dutch subsidiary of IBM to work in tandem with the Nazis, company President Thomas Watson's personal approval for the 1939 release of special IBM alphabetizing machines to help organize the rape of Poland and the deportation of Polish Jews, as well as the IBM Concentration Camp Codes including IBM's code for death by Gas Chamber. Among the newly published photos of the punch cards is the one developed for the statistician who reported directly to Himmler and Eichmann.

1 comment:

Steve said...

This post seemed to be closet in content. The Feds bomb the F35, so hard to say your wrong. Will money change hands, in reverse, in forward stay tuned?

Will Airshow leap to the defence?

http://www.montrealgazette.com/jets+purchase+guaranteed+Fantino/6294963/story.html